Bestorps doze

Bestorps doze

The Bestorpsdösen is a megalithic system of the funnel cup culture (TBK), from the Neolithic around 3500–2800 BC. BC within the urban area of Falköping on the slope of the Möheberg and represents one of the many monuments on the so-called Fala . The Fala is a limestone plain , which is in the center of Västergötland in Sweden in the triangle between the mountains Möheberg and Ålleberg ( site of the gold neck collar of Ålleberg ) and the Billingen . The most important studies in this area were undertaken by Karl Esaias Sahlström (1884–1964).

The dolmen ( Swedish Döse ) consists of five supporting stones made of white limestone , which form an irregular pentagon and leave a wide gap in the east. It caused some problems for Carl Cullberg, who excavated and restored the facility in 1959. The shape is similar to chambers in Bohuslän and Denmark . Inside the chamber there were high, transversely placed, red limestone slabs that form sections . There is no trace of the ceiling and gangway stones. The contents of the chamber were disturbed. The skeletal and found material was mixed with modern waste, the latter consisted of jewelry made of bone and amber, as well as flakes of flint and quartzite . Despite careful searches inside and outside the chamber, no trace of ceramics was found.

The finding causes dating problems and indicates the peculiarity that the Fala represents a closed area without any ceramics in the megalithic systems, surrounded by residential areas with ceramics.

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Passage graves in Sweden

literature

• Carl Cullberg: Några problem kring en megalitgrav, Falköpings västra socken nr 20. In: Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish antiquarian Research. 1961, pp. 225-236 ( PDF ).

Web links

• Bestorpsdösen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)

Coordinates: 58 ° 10 ′ 2.4 ″  N , 13 ° 31 ′ 55.5 ″  E